Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) makes Voice Referendum donations disclosures public on 1 April (Easter Monday) [1]
Anyone know of open data projects that are processing AEC financial disclosure data into more usable/readable forms?
I'm interested in what the new data will say on how the No campaign was funded.
[1] https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/referendum_disclosure
Was hunting for something and came across this article from my 2015 glory days. Was a great time to be innovating in public safety, and the promise of offline #nearlynet messaging in disaster situations was a fun challenge in 46hrs. #Tremorz #iHelp #app for #Govhack
At a #Govhack presentation last night about Heritage NSW, I asked them what licenses their data is available under. The response: "the state heritage register is open to anyone, and anyone can log on right now and have a look." I think perhaps Govhack need a bit more emphasis on the *open data* part of their spiel!
I'm still not sure, but it looks like the NSW heritage register is CC-BY, because it doesn't seem to have it's own copyright statement, and is covered by https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/about-us/copyright-and-disclaimer 🤷
#GovHack in Wellington coming up Aug 18-20. Registration: https://hackerspace.govhack.org/events/wellington_aotearoa_new_zealand #GovTech
Looks like there's only a digital event for #GovHack Tasmania this year? I've been participating in physical events since 2013. Which I've mostly enjoyed, hacking away.
It's definitely changed over the years, especially in the last few years. Less technically-oriented entries and fewer people I've met or built connections with, personally. Valid entries but less impressive to me with my technical background.
Back in the early days I had lots of fun building different things and hanging out with friends over the weekend.
The next generation of emerging hackers and makers, like me from 2013, I hope might bring some energy back into it. If that's what they want to do?
Edit: I should mention I’m very grateful for the volunteers who have run it over the years, they’ve done a good job.
Looking forward to #govhack 2023 https://govhack.org
I've been attending #GovHack since 2013 (as a participator or a volunteer) and I think I might give it a miss this year. I think that's fair.. I do like hackathons but perhaps I might find something else to do that weekend.. Assuming it's on in Hobart, unsure..
In the lead up to #EverythingOpen on March 14-16, we'll be sharing session details and speaker bios, to give you a taste of what to expect.
First up is Pia Andrews @Greebo. You may know her from previous projects such as #GovHack, and she has a passion for both #OpenData and #OpenGovernment.
She'll be talking about "Creating #OpenSource Legislation as Code" - posing the question "What if we had open source legislation as code as a public utility?"
Folks, there's only one more day to submit to the #EverythingOpen #conference, which will be held in #Melbourne #Naarm in March.
If you liked #linuxconfau or #LCA2020 then you're going to love #EverythingOpen
🎉 🐧 🐍 📊 ⌨️ 🧑🤝🧑
In particular, we'd love to have #CfP proposals from topic areas such as #GLAM #GLAMR #OpenData #OpenGov #GovHack, #OpenAccess, #OER and #Education.
Boosts warmly welcomed!
@mikejones @Simone66B @bestqualitycrab @Diana_mammalecology @theconversationau I remember that back from my #govhack days - such an excellent source of data that could be overlaid with other data to build a rich picture of an area's ecosystems. In a way, #hackathon like govhack provided an incentive or driver to keep APIs like ALA well-maintained. I wonder what other incentives could be used?
Good evening #folx, and welcome to today's edition of Kathy's #connectionlist #connection #introduction, where I curate a collection of interesting people and surface them - to connect us all more richly and deeply on the #Fediverse.
@pbone is a Mozillian and I'll be forever grateful to him and the Aussie team who made me so welcome as a part-timer. Thank you, Paul! 🇦🇺
@venessap is another #Geelong lady and she's also a #PhD candidate and she's a #moderation and #governance specialist 🇦🇺
@judy2k is class all the way down! Jk, jk, but that is one of my favourite presentations of his. You can catch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpV3tel0xtQ 🇦🇺
#python #pythonista
I met @gavintapp through the #opendata and #govhack communities - and he's into #data 🇦🇺
@rana is new to #Mastodon and I'd like everyone to say hello and make her feel welcome, please. Welcome, Rana! 👋
@pdcawley has a mighty fine #beard and they are a #folk singer #folksinging. They are also into #bread and #breadmaking. This means they have enough points to become an honorary Melbourne / Naarm person. There's a points system :-) 🇬🇧
@kimberlee is a Professor of #law in #Sydney and a long-time friend of the Aussie #opensource community 🇦🇺
@joncruz is amazing and if you've ever used #Inkscape you have Jon to thank. Thank you so much, Jon! Hope you're well! 🇺🇸
That's all for tonight, but I'll do a list every day until ... well until we don't need to 👋
I'm heading to the #GovHack thing at the state library tonight.
All wrapped up and done with #GovHack for now (not allowed to touch the thing till after judging!) so it's time to go home. Possibly via the pub.
Part of our #GovHack project needs to query Wikidata from within a wiki page, so now we can (in Lua): https://github.com/samwilson/UnlinkedWikibase/pull/5
#GovHack day two has begun! It began a few hours ago actually, with breakfast-time paper planning, but now that coffee has come the real work can start, and hopefully the wifi will keep up.
Come and see me MC the #GovHack Australia opening live stream tonight!
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RT @InfosysAusNZ
We're less than 6 hours away from @GovHackAU. Here's Micha Helbig, Infosys, sharing about the importance of diverse #digital #talent as we gear-up for an exciting weekend of #virtual collaboration and new learnings. Join the hack: http://bit.ly/30n4tDh
https://twitter.com/InfosysAusNZ/status/1294106612857294848
Just in time for #GovHack, I’ve given the Trove API Console a major overhaul. It’s been updated for the latest API versions and has MANY MANY more examples. Explore all the data you can get from @TroveAustralia! https://troveconsole.herokuapp.com/ #dhhacks
My bling for tonight's #GovHack Red Carpet awards! #insta https://ift.tt/2O1pkF4
Hey, @natalieasis@twitter.com, @FCTweedie@twitter.com, you're famous! Also check out our new #govhack logo! @GovHackAU@twitter.com
Hey, @aurin_org_au@twitter.com, we have some #GovHack Melbourne participants interested in some of your data (https://data.aurin.org.au/dataset/au-govt-abs-agri-water-use-estimates-sa4-2015-16-sa4) but needing portal access. Is there a way they can get this without being from one of the orgs wit that access? The dataset is CC-BY...
